130,000-sf, 605-bed, mixed-use student housing complex with seminar rooms and a classroom. Site includes 23,000-sf of ground-floor retail space surrounding a "village green,” and 5,000-sf of community space. LEED-Silver Certification.

The 1.4 million square foot, three phase mixed-use Campus Village will provide 3,750 beds and amenities in 8 buildings. Upon completion, the project will include a 25,000 SF dining commons, classrooms, academic support spaces, a Starbucks café, a convenience store, a campus police station, and a 7-level, 950 space parking garage.

Two-building development with student housing and a garage complex with first floor retail; the 122-unit housing component has 459 beds totaling 161,078-sf; the garage component has 212 spaces, totaling 98,675-sf.

Located one block from the University of Michigan campus and the bustling State Street college town environment, the Varsity at Ann Arbor residence is very convenient to UM’s academic core and variety of venues and activities.

Given the building’s urban context, great importance was placed on the pedestrian experience and the building’s details. The surrounding streetscape ranges from urban to suburban, and the design is sensitive to the scale, and character of the surrounding historic homes, churches and larger commercial structures. In addition to being aware of the surrounding buildings and scale, our project team was equally cognizant with the neighborhoods pedestrian circulation.

The Varsity’s Z-shaped footprint was conceived to form an entry plaza that orients southeast toward the University campus. An east-facing 2-story wall of glass looks out onto the entry plaza and reveals a dramatic double height lobby and fitness center.

Through setbacks and material changes, the buildings massing responds to both of the lower scale of the adjacent historic buildings, as well as taller scale of the neighborhood’s high-rise apartment buildings. The overall form and composition of the project is the combination of a pedestrian scaled 2-story limestone colored base and a city scaled copper/orange masonry tower. The simplicity of the tower’s masonry walls are juxtaposed by a grand 11-story textured grey metal wall that floats away from the masonry walls and folds over and above the rooftop sky lounge. The "folded metal plane" element, the projects defining architectural feature, adds a unique level of architectural sophistication that is not found within the Ann Arbor marketplace.

After extensive market research, the development team proposed a program of mostly studio, 1, and 2 bedrooms with a few 4-bedroom apartments. This decision of mostly smaller units with bed / bath parity, and a strong amenity package makes The Varsity the premier living experience in Ann Arbor.